Tech to Teach Plane Making at MIT This Fall
MIT will establish a new aeronautical engineering course this fall the first of its kind in the country. Beginning 1914 15 the institute offers a master of science graduate program in aircraft design and construction open to graduates in mechanical electrical and naval engineering and qualified students from other colleges. The course trains engineers in aircraft dirigible aeroplane and hydro aeroplane design including manufacture repair and maintenance not pilot operation.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Naval Architecture
Hancock School Scholar and Athlete Leads Graduation
Fourteen year old Lillian E. McNabb of North End received the Hancock Elementary School diploma as the top scholar and athlete. She led in scholarship and activity, serving as class president and noted for swimming and running talents. Her father is James McNabb of 107 Charter Street.
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North End
Hancock Elementary School
Lillian E. McNabb
James McNabb
Charter Street
Hancock
Lillian
Fire devastates major Woonsocket building in June blaze
Fire and smoke from a paper press in the cellar of Woonsocket’s largest store and office block caused about 75,000 in losses today. Ten stores and over twenty offices were affected, with damage near 5000 to the building itself.
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Woonsocket
Death of Brandon Thomas Author of Charley's Aunt
London June 19 Brandon Thomas author of Charley's Aunt died today in his 58th year The wildly staged play was performed thousands of times worldwide in many languages reported from the capital obituary notice
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London
Brandon Thomas
Will of Judge Sherman Filed
The late Judge Edgar J. Sherman’s will, filed in Suffolk Probate Court, leaves all property to his wife Virginia Bryant Sherman, his son Roland H. Sherman, and other relatives. Personal estate valued around 23 000 dollars. no real estate. Executors are his son and Edward P. Kimball. The will dated November 9, 1911. Virginia receives the dwelling furnishings and the Sherman summer home contents. unique burial-plot bequest to Bellevue Cemetery in Lawrence.
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Edgar J. Sherman
Suffolk
Virginia Bryant Sherman
Roland H. Sherman
Edward P. Kimball
Malden
Hampstead Road
Jamaica Plain
Sherman
West Windsor
Lawrence
Frederick Francis Sherman
Bankers Meet in Newcastle New Hampshire
New England Bankers Association will convene in Newcastle on June 26 and 27. Speakers include Howard Wolfe on the Federal Reserve Act Arthur B Chapin on trust companies and William E Knowlton on savings banks from Bowery Savings Bank.
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Manchester
N. H
New England Bankers’ Association
Newcastle
Howard Wolfe
Clearing House
American Banking Association
Federal Reserve Act
Arthur B. Chapin
American Trust Company of Boston
William E. Knowlton
Bowery Savings Bank
New York
Dynamite Fails to Raise River Victim in Barnstead
In Barnstead New Hampshire on June 19 authorities failed to lift the body of A Ma guire of Bridgeport Connecticut from the Sunacook River with dynamite. The victim is believed to have drowned in a possible self destruction on the preceding Wednesday. Clothing and papers identifying him were found on the riverbank.
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Barnstead
N. H
A. Maguire
Bridgeport
Oleomargarine Plant Seized in Providence
Providence June 19 Internal revenue officers seized the New England Manufacturing Company plant for using artificial coloring in oleomargarine without paying the tax. A similar seizure occurred yesterday at the Vermont Manufacturing Company under oleomargarine laws.
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Providence
Internal Revenue
New England Manufacturing Company
Vermont Manufacturing Company
Gingko Tree at Boston Common Links Holmes Romance
A Boston gingko on the Common near Joy Street is celebrated as Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes’s romance shrine. Brought from China in the early 1800s and moved to the city in 1835, it inspired the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table tale and remains a beloved historic tree. Tomorrow’s Post preview mentions The King’s Chapel Elm.
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Boston
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Joy Street
Boylston Street
China
India
Gardiner Greene
Cotton Hill
Pemberton Square
Jacob Bigelow
Oliver Wendell
Holmes
Dr. Holmes
Gov Felker Reviews Troops at Concord
The New Hampshire National Guard completed its annual duty tour with a review by Governor Samuel W. Felker at the State campgrounds in Concord. The week featured mimic war maneuvers in the Merrimack valley between Concord and Manchester.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire National Guard
Samuel JD. Welker
Merrimack Valley
Manchester
West Point Grads Assigned to Army
Washington June 1 The cadets who recently graduated from the military academy at West Point were assigned by the War Department to the arms of the service in which they will begin their active military careers.
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Washington
Military Academy
West Point
War Department
Hose Wagon Collision In Melrose Injures Driver And Passenger
A hose wagon collided with an electric car at Foster and Main Melrose shortly before 4 PM. Driver John Randall suffered two broken ribs and other injuries. Hoseman William Russell was shaken. A woman passenger on the electric car was treated for shock. The wagon’s horses were cut but expected to recover in a week.
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Melrose
John Randall
William Russell
Foster and
Main Streets
Hose 4
Malden
Bay State Line
Randall
Hoseman Russell
Second American Ship Passes Through Panama Canal
The steam ship Santa Clara of the Pacific Atlantic Steamship Company completed a smooth transit through the Miraflores and Pedro Miguel locks and continued its voyage to New York via the Magellan Straits.
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Panama
Miraflores
Pedro Miguel Locks
Panama Canal
Santa Clara
Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Company
New York
Magellan Straits
Armour's Yacht Refloated Unharmed After Shoreing
Weymouth England June 19 Tugs succeeded in refloating the American yacht Utowana belonging to Allison Armour of the New York Yacht Club after it went ashore at Chapman's Pool between Worbarrow and St Albans Heads. The yacht then headed to Southampton under its own steam. Her captain reports she is not taking on water.
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Weymouth
England
Allison Armour
New York Yacht Club
Chapman's Pool
Worbarrow
St. Albans Heads
Southampton
One killed after Shoshone race clash in Idaho
Ida June 29. Citizens expelled Black residents from Shoshone after Jack Edwards resisted arrest for drunkenness and shot Jam May, town marshal, and E V Bower Lincoln County treasurer. Bower wounded, condition may be fatal. Edwards captured at American Falls and returned to Shoshone.
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Ida
Shoshone
Idaho
Jack Edwards
May
E. V. Bower
Lincoln County
Bower
American Falls
Arrest disrupts Will Contest as Juror Is Detained
In a will contest hearing for Benjamin W. Parker one juror James F. Sheehan a plumber of 1 Elmhurst street was arrested for drunkenness during a noon recess and confined at City Hall Avenue police station. The trial continued with 11 jurors and closing arguments proceeding after the noon break.
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Benjamin W. Parker
City Hall Avenue
James F. Sheehan
Elmhurst Street
Fletcher Ranney
Frederick P. Gay
Michal At Dwyer
New England Trust Company
King
Mondy
New York Liner Sails After Repair From Collision
The American Line steamship New York, damaged in a collision with the Pretoria last Saturday, sailed for Southampton today after repairs. She carried 415 cabin passengers and nearly 3 million dollars in gold and silver for Europe.
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New York
American Line
Pretoria
Southampton
Europe
Plea to Congress for a Rest for Business Adopted
Des Moines Iowa June 19 The Des Moines Chamber of Commerce urged Congress to adjourn to grant business a much needed rest The resolution was forwarded to the Iowa delegation for consideration
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Des Moines
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Today
Congress
Iowa
Traffic Club Outing Draws New England Leaders
Two hundred members of the Trafic Club of New England enjoyed its fourth annual outing at Palm Garden Nantasket after arriving by boat. Notables present included Samuel W. Manning president J. Karcher Jr. entertainment chair and guests from New Haven American Express Eastern Steamship and Boston chambers of commerce among others.
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Trafic Club of
New England
Palm Garden
Paragon Park
Nantasket
Martland
Samuel W. Manning
J. Karcher, Jr
Timothy E. Byrnes
New Haven
Robie
American Express Company
C. Ff. Taylor
Eastern Steamship Company
SV. J. Mullin
Delaware & Findson
Man Ordered to Pay Wife Six Dollars a Week
Thomas T. Graham of 46 Ditson Street was arraigned in Dorchester court on non support of his wife Margaret. He was placed on probation until November 30 and ordered to pay her six dollars weekly.
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Thomas T. Graham
Ditson Street
Churchill
Dorchester Court
Margaret
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